Is the university an accessible environment? Life Stories of Students with Disabilities

This paper reflects the partial results of a doctoral thesis carried out under a research project financed by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness, which aims at analysing the main enablers/facilitators and obstacles that students with disabilities encountered during their stay in institutions of Higher Education. Based on a biographical-narrative method, the aim of this article is to identify and describe, according to the opinion of students with disabilities, the main barriers and aids perceived by a group of students with disabilities at the university, specifically those referring to architectural spaces. In order to collect the information, several instruments such as biographical interviews and photographs were used. Some of the main conclusions include the lack of accessibility in university environments owing to the presence of various elements that are not flexible when using them.